My fish is gone.

[all-apologies]

hey,

i have (had? :( ) a white sleeper goby for about two weeks, and after adding 80 more pounds of LR and rearanging the tank, i havent seen him

he would always come out with the halides on and sift sand or swim around. Now i havnt seen him for 3 days. Today i moved all of my rocks around in an effort to find him or his carcass, but nothing...

anybody had a fish just 'dissapear' ???

i dont think hes in the sump cus he cant fit through my stockman's.

I wondered if i cruched him under a rock or something. Maybe my starfish and crabs got him in the night after he was killed. I have no idea and i really dont want to take out all of my rocks to try and find him.

just looking for suggstions...

o well sh*t happens,

thanks,

[crazy4salt]

Give it a few days, he may be hiding due to the re-arrangement of his environment. I've had fish do this for days at a time...... then suddenly there they are.

[tradosz]

I actually had a black cap basslet that I saw only once the same day I introduced it and did not see him again. Completely gave up on him. After 3 months he suddenly shot out of the reef for a piece of food healthy as can be. Reef is built on on PVC, so he had plenty of room in his over sized cave. He now stays out all say.

[LFS_worker]

If the fish did die the the crabs and the star would make quick work of him. They are also very good jumpers so look around the tank!

good luck!
B

[all-apologies]

thanks,

i looked around and no sign of him outside of the tank. I moved all of the rocks around earlier and i didnt see him. It doesnt help that hes white and stays on the sand either, but oh well. I need to rebuild my rockwork and see if he turns up.

Tradosz- thats amazing, haha, how have you built your reef up on pvc. I have though about doing that, but havnt really figured out how..

thanks again,

[rodd1rj]

I lost a couple firefish a couple days ago. But what I wanted to say was I have a purple pesudo who stays in his hole even when the rock gets lifted out of the water. Thats actually the only way I can catch him.

[Misled]

Hey rodd1rj, be careful what you put in your tank with the pesudo. I would think he would be the one who took out your firefish. They can be very aggressive, very fast and very relentless. Once they feel safe in a tank they tend to own it. Mine is about 3.5 in and thinks he's God.

[hullreefman]

I think your fish will be fine. I bought a yellow cardinal and haven't seen it since I put it into the tank. THREE weeks later, I aquascape and saw it once all the rocks were out. I had two rocks in the container where I kept him while working on the tank. Once I put the rocks inside the tank, the yellow cardinal & a red scotter blenny were missing from the container. Apparantly the blenny was on the rocks when I placed it in the tank. I saw the blenny afterwards but haven't seen the cardinal yet. I don't expect to see him for another few weeks or months :)